valvate

adjective

1. furnished with or opening by a valve or valves.
2. serving as or resembling a valve.
3. Botany.
   1. opening by valves, as certain capsules and anthers.
   2. meeting without overlapping, as the parts of certain buds.
   3. composed of or characterized by such parts.

adjective

1. furnished with a valve or valves
2. functioning as or resembling a valve
3. botany
   1. having or taking place by means of valvesvalvate dehiscence
   2. (of petals or sepals in the bud) having the margins touching but not overlapping

adj.

1. Having valves or valvelike parts.